Three of six persons shot at Pai Kantanka, a farming community in the Oti Region have been confirmed dead. The clashes are resultant of a decade of chieftancy dispute. A local reporter, Nana Agyeman who confirmed the news to ghanaweb narrated that gunmen stormed the house of Nana Diawuo Bediako …
Read More »Armed Robbers kill final year University student in campus operation
The security situation for students of the University of Ghana is moving from worse to worst as a final year student of the University, Papa Ayensu Appiah Ofori has died after being attacked on campus, MyNewsGh.com has learnt. The student was reportedly stabbed in the leg by suspected armed robbers around Block …
Read More »Maths teacher arrested for ‘chopping’ Sawla SHS student in Staff Common room
A Maths teacher of the Sawla Senior High School (SHS) in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region is in the firm grips of the police after he was caught making love to a female student of the school in the Staff Common Room. Authorities of the school claim the …
Read More »25 year-old woman murdered at Sepase
A 25-year-old woman has allegedly been murdered at Sepase, near Abuakwa in the Ashanti Region. Fair in complexion and identified as Obaa Yaa, the woman was found dead in an uncompleted building last Sunday morning. It was unclear what might have caused the death but a brother of the deceased, …
Read More »Driver shot dead in Ekumfi highway robbery [Audio]
A driver, only identified as Arhinful, has been shot dead in a highway robbery that occurred at Ekumfi in the Central Region around 4:00 am Friday morning. Arhinful was reported to be transporting foodstuffs in his vehicle with registration number GT 5863- 19 to Accra when the the unfortunate fate …
Read More »EOCO detains Council of State man over GHC700 million
The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) on Wednesday detained a Council of State Member and Founder and President of Groupe Ideal, Nii Kotei Dzani, for several hours before being released on bail. The arrest is in respect of some GH¢700 million of depositors’ funds believed to be unaccounted for …
Read More »170 terrorists arrested at Ghana-Togo border
Some 170 suspects have been arrested in a joint security operation code-named Koudanlgou III near the Ghana-Togo borders to stop planned terrorist activities and other criminal moves. “The exercise is aimed at preventing terrorist activities, illegal resource extraction, drug trafficking, dealing in illicit arms, smuggling, among other transnational crimes,” Ghana’s …
Read More »Defunct Ideal Finance boss Kotei Dzani arrested
The CEO of defunct Ideal Finance Nii Kotei Dzani was on Wednesday arrested by the police for misappropriation of some funds in his care. Reliable sources told Starrfm.com.gh that the Council of State member was detained at the Ministries Police Station for some hours before being released on bail. Sources …
Read More »Cop beaters fined GHS1,800
A commercial vehicle driver, Mr Albert Ansah, 33, and his conductor, Francis Buabeng, who brutally assaulted a police officer at Weija, have been handed a GH1,800 fine each. The Weija High Court presided over by Justice Bernard Bentsil imposed a fine of 150 penalty units each on the two. They will …
Read More »50-year-old Woman Gang-Raped by Two Elderly Men
A woman was allegedly raped by two elderly men in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district on the pretext of saving her family from social ostracism they faced after her son married a woman from another caste, police said Tuesday. The 50-year-old survivor was raped in Thara town over a month ago by …
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